(1) As used in this section and ORS § 368.710, ‘county road fund’ means a separate fund in the county treasury designated to receive deposit of revenues that are dedicated to roads or road improvements.

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Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 368.705

  • County road: means a public road under the jurisdiction of a county that has been designated as a county road under ORS § 368. See Oregon Statutes 368.001
  • Road: means the entire right of way of any public or private way that provides ingress to or egress from property by means of vehicles or other means or that provides travel between places by means of vehicles. See Oregon Statutes 368.001

(2) The county road fund must be used in establishing, laying out, opening, surveying, altering, improving, constructing, maintaining and repairing county roads and bridges on county roads.

(3) County funds derived from any ad valorem tax levy may not be used or expended by the county governing body upon any roads or bridges except:

(a) Funds derived from a levy within the permanent rate limit of section 11 (3), Article XI of the Oregon Constitution, or the statutory rate as provided in ORS § 310.236 (4) or 310.237, if a voter-approved county serial levy dedicated to road improvements was used in determining the rate limit; or

(b) Local option taxes levied under ORS § 280.040 to 280.145. [Amended by 1963 c.9 § 18; 1967 c.203 § 1; 1973 c.240 § 3; 1983 c.582 § 1; 1987 c.667 § 5; 1991 c.459 § 388; 1999 c.21 § 73; 2007 c.679 § 1]

 

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